I fail at waving :(

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smt96797

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Recently I've been keeping my cqc-7v in my pocket as my main edc. In just a few weeks time, I have already stabbed myself with a few half-a$#ed attempts at waving with my knife opening halfway in my pocket. I know I'm not the only one. I know some of you other emerson newbies have gone through the same
 
my tip would be to keep the blade folded so that when you waved at people you have no risk to cut yourself (or them) with the tip of your blade.
hope this helps.
 
The key is to keep it puled back tight into the corner of your pocket. Drawn it straight up while pulling back into the corner of your pocket. You may be pivoting it towards the rear while drawing.
 
mossyhorn said:
The key is to keep it puled back tight into the corner of your pocket. Drawn it straight up while pulling back into the corner of your pocket. You may be pivoting it towards the rear while drawing.
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What mossyhorn said and also make sure when your drawing the Emerson out of your pocket it is one continuous fluid motion, no hesitation in your draw.

Also a BIG factor in waving the Emerson will depend on how smooth it opens in the first place, if it's stiff and gritty feeling when you open it up it is not going to wave very well for you.
 
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Heh, yea I been there. In a bar, drunk, sitting down in a stool and triet to pull my knife out rather than wave it. The wave caught the picket liner right as I began to pull it. Basically it waved actoss my middle finger and I damn near cut it off and caused a big scene lol.
 
brboru7 said:
...a BIG factor in waving the Emerson will depend on how smooth it opens in the first place, if it's stiff and gritty feeling when you open it up it is not going to wave very well for you.
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Quite true -- there is definitely a difference between Emersons and it needs to be taken into consideration when learning to wave.

simplespeed said:
...and triet to pull my knife out rather than wave it. The wave caught the picket liner right as I began to pull it. Basically it waved actoss my middle finger and I damn near cut it off and caused a big scene lol.
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Been there before! For me, there was a learning curve in deploying a waved Emerson without using the wave feature.
 
I have a waved Fox knife in addition to my Emersons, and the Fox is much more difficult to remove from the pocket without waving since the wave is so, well... vicious. With the Emersons it seems like I have more control. I like the wave so much I modified one of my ZT knives by notching a wave into it.
 
Forgot to mention that it is my first Emerson. I don't always wear tough shorts, Sometimes it's just some comfortable and soft pants and i can't fully deploy via waving
 
Indiana Joe said:
Quite true -- there is definitely a difference between Emersons and it needs to be taken into consideration when learning to wave.


Been there before! For me, there was a learning curve in deploying a waved Emerson without using the wave feature.
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Yep I tilt te wave away from the back of the pocket, cover blade with fingers and then pull it out. If this roadhouse gets me, ill have one less finger lol.
 
I find the about 50/50 rearward and outward pressure against the pocket works for me, almost a counterclockwise twist (for right hander) on the knife, if you will. Grip definitely needs to be secure, but not a white-knuckle-death-grip.
 
I use my Emerson karambit in some soft nylon shorts and it *always* deploys. The pocket is a bit torn up, but they're cheap shorts. Something from Sports Authority.
 
freewheeling said:
I use my Emerson karambit in some soft nylon shorts and it *always* deploys. The pocket is a bit torn up, but they're cheap shorts. Something from Sports Authority.
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Emersons do not go well with athletic shorts. When my Mini Commander was my only knife I would go running with it in my pocket and it would do the same thing. One way around it is putting it in waistband at a 3 o'clock position. Can't wave it as well but it won't flop around as much.
 
I always carry the knife at the very back corner of the pocket and pull it up and to the rear. It snags the wave deploying the blade almost every time.
 
another trick you might want to us is "twisting" or rotating the knife towards to outside. It makes it easier to deploy IMO
 
I have waved my Emersons plenty of times while dirty so I'm not really thinking that a gritty blade is a big problem. When learning its probably best to wear jeans and a little trick that may help you to learn: try tying a lanyard to it, grab it by the lanyard and choke up on it so only one or two fingers wrap around the back part of grip when your pulling the knife out, this will help you learn the technique and decrease your chances of getting cut.
 
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